Fence-making machine



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STEPHEN D. FRY, OF ATTICA, INDIANA.

FENCE-MAKING MACHINE.

y SPECIFICATION-forming partbf Letters Patent N6;326,o29, dated september a, 1885.

Appncmin nica Juno 4, lees. (Nb model.) l

Toall'whont it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attica,

in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Weaving Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-making machines, and is designed to produce a device wherein the fence is made of pickets connected by wire.

Theimprovement consists, essentially, in the mechanism whereby the wire is given the necessary alternate twist and also the necessary tension; also in the-picket-clamp, whereby it is held while the twisting operation is in progress, and the spacing mechanism.

In describing the device reference is had to the annexed drawings, in which Figurel represent-s a plan view of the device; Fig. 2, a side elevation partly broken away, and Fig. 3 an end elevation with parts broken away; Fig. 4, adetail perspective of one end of the reel with the parts separated.

On upright standards A are supported crosspieces B, a space being left between them. In circular openings in the cross-pieces B rest the ends of the twisting-heads C, cach having passages entirely through them for the wire, and' having cog-teeth of the Width of the space between the pieces B.

To one side of each twisting-head C are vertically-moving rack-bars D, intermeshing with the rack or cog teeth on the said twisting-heads C, and joined by strips E at the top and bottom, soas to move simultaneously. Cn the bars D is also a series of rack-teeth coincident with and at right angles to those engaging with the twisting-heads C.

Journaled in the uprights A,below the pieces D, is a shaft, F, having pinions intermeshing with the rack-bars and operating them to impart the alternate rotation to the twistingheads C. The shaft has a crank, by means of which it is operated.

On one end ofthe machineisaframe carrying a series of spools, G, holding the wire. These spools are arranged in pairs, and have their spindles (those of` each pair) connected by a strip, H. Centrally on this strip is raised `ted coincidently with the arms C.

a'vertically-adjustable post, I, on which is a spring-clamp, K, the ends of which rest on the ends of the stripI-I. The spring K,'as it is drawn toward thestrip H bythe bolt I, will `tend to lift the central portion of the said strip Hand depress the ends thereof, thus forcing `the said `ends against the top of the spools and retarding their motion to a greater or less eX- teiit.' Y

At the Vend of the machine opposite to that occupied by the spools is the reel L, which is formed of two strips, clamping, by means of bolts L, the spindles M, one of which extends beyond the frame-work and carries a ratchetwheel, N, and also a pawl-lever, O, the end of which rests normally in the bracket l?. The finished fence is wound on the reel as fast as made, and when full said reel is removed by unscrewing the bolts.A The removal of the spindles allows the approach of the two strips, and as the fence is rigid they may be readily removed and replaced in the machine.

On the same side of the twisting-heads C as is the reel is a rock-shaft, B, having an arm, S, at one end, connected by a link or rod, N", to a treadle, T, by means of which it is operated. This shaft has centrally an arm, U, which operates to raise the hinged lower jaw vof a clamp, V, projecting from the side of the pieces B. Within this clamp is placed each paling or picket in turn, it passing between the wires, and being firmly there held while the wires are given a twist, thus securing it in its place. Brackets W on the ends of strips X, which pass through slots in the pieces B, push the paling forward as the clamp is looscned, and another paling is inserted. The strips X are joined at the rear ends, and are normally held away from the paling by a spring, Y.

A strap, Z, passes from the connecting-piece around the shaft- F to a treadle, A', which, when depressed, causes the strips, with their brackets or heads, to advance.

On the strips or pieces B is j ournaled a rockshaft, B', to a projecting arm on which -is oonnected by a link or rod, M', the treadle A.

Projecting from the shaft toward the end of the machine containing the reel are slotted arms C', carrying adj ustably, by means of clam p-nuts, the connected anglearms D', slot- By means of the fence is then taken up by the reel until the paling rests against the arms D, the distance of which from the clamp V regulates the distance between the palings.

I claiml. 4In a fence-making machine, a twisting device consisting of twisting-heads with Wire passages through them and cog-teeth on them, rack-bars, one for each drum, having teeth on two surfaces, one at right angles to the other,

land an operating-shaft with pinions engaging with the bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fence-making machine,`a device for holding the palings, consisting of a fixed jaw, a pivoted jaw under the same, a rock-shaft operated by a treadle, and an arm on said shaft engaging under said movable jaw and operating to lift it toward the said xed jaw, substantially as and for the purpose speciied.

3. 'The combination, with theframe holding the twisting-heads, of brackets projecting through said frame and normally spring-retained, a treadle connected to said brackets by -a strap, a rock-shaft on the frame, having an arm connected to the treadle by a link or rod, and slotted arms projecting from said shaft and carrying adjustable angle-arms, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in 4o presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN D. FRY.

Witnesses:

OLIVER D. OsBoRN, F. W. MAcoUGnTRY, 

